Salmon Run in Don Valley | Toronto Salmon Spawning 2020

The unicorns of Toronto! I was beginning to wonder if we'd ever see the salmon of the Don Valley in Toronto. After years of being in the Don Valley and never seeing them I decided to really commit this year. It took EIGHT!! visits but was so worth it!


"More than a century ago, Atlantic Salmon were commonly found in Lake Ontario and its rivers. With European settlement came an increase in negative impacts on aquatic habitat such as deforestation, pollution and construction barriers. As a result, the Atlantic Salmon population drastically decreased and by 1898 they were extirpated (locally extinct) from Lake Ontario.
Throughout the century, Chinook and Coho Salmon were introduced to Lake Ontario to enhance recreational fishing and can now be seen in large numbers in the GTA’s rivers during fall migration. In 2006, Lake Ontario water quality and habitat improvements allowed the initiation of an Atlantic Salmon restoration program known as Bring Back the Salmon."
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They can be spotted in the Don Valley and many other rivers from September to November during their fall migration where they swim upstream, against the current, leaping over waterfalls and rapids.

Throughout the year the Don Valley offers much more than just the salmon run:
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